Shaleen Wadhwana

Shaleen Wadhwana is an independent award-winning arts educator, researcher, and curator based in India. Her academic research on decolonising museum pedagogy has been showcased through The Unfiltered History Tour by Vice World News UK at the British Museum, London, and it received 12 awards at the Cannes Lions Festival (France) - a first for India. Her curatorial practice unpacks responses of contemporary art towards socio-political realities, through art exhibitions, public programming and lectures at fairs, festivals, galleries and universities. She is curating an institutional exhibition about South Asia’s textile histories and territorial realities, due to open in August 2026. She is the curatorial mentor and co-creator of the IMMERSE artist and curator residency fellowship program and represents South Asia at the Asia Advisory Committee at KADIST, a global non-profit contemporary art organization. She has curated the Tour Guides Training Certificate Programme and the Public Art Talks Programme for India Art Fair. Currently, she is the Co-Curator for the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, Australia, 2025-2027 and represented India at the CIMAM (International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art) as a Travel Grant Awardee for the 57th Conference on ‘Enduring Game: Expanding New Models of Museum Making’ 2025.